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| Capital
City: |
Little Rock |
| Location: |
34.72240 N, 092.35407 W |
| Area: |
53,182 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
2,523,000 ( 7/97 ) |
| Statehood: |
June 15, 1836;
25th state |
| Song: |
Arkansas |
| Music & words by: Wayland
Holyfield |
| Nickname: |
The natural
state, Land of opportunity |
| Origin
of states name: |
French interpretation of a Sioux
word "acansa", |
| meaning downstream place. |
| Time
zone: |
Central |
| Other Cities: |
Forth Smith |
| Border
States: |
Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Oklahoma |
| Tennessee,
Texas. |
| Geographic Center: |
Pulaski, 12 miles northwest of
Little Rock |
| Presidential
Birthplace: |
William
Jefferson Clinton, 1993 - present |
| Highest Point: |
Magazine Mtn.; 2753 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Poultry &
eggs, soybeans, sorghum, cattle, |
| cotton, rice,
hogs, milk. |
| Industry: |
Food processing, electric
equipment, bromine, |
| fabricated metal products,
machinery, vanadium. |
| National
Park: |
Hot Springs |
| Topography: |
Eastern delta & prairie,
southern lowland forests, |
| northwestern highlands, |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 80 |
| Temperature
Winter: |
F° 41 |
| Flower: |
Apple blossom |
| Tree: |
Pine |
| Newspapers: |
The
Daily World |
| Attractions: |
Arkansas
Attractions. Roadside America |
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